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| Turkey agrees to border access for US troops resupply |
| 2003-04-02 |
| BREAKING The Turkish Government has agreed to give passage to the US to resupply its forces through Turkey's south-east border with Iraq. The agreement was announced in a joint news conference with visiting US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Turkey's Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. Speaking in Ankara, Mr Gul said providing supplies to US forces would not require the approval of parliament. This will help, freeing up airlift for other operations. Thanks, Murat. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 Most important is that fuel can move in by land, thats the most bulky item, IIUC, for a heavy division. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-02 16:05:31 |
| #7 Details on the agreement indicate aid does not include weapons or ammo. Also, some support had already been going on: On Wednesday, 27 trucks carrying 20 U.S. jeeps and food passed through Turkey and arrived in Irbil, in northern Iraq, according to sources there. The jeeps had mounts in the back for machine guns, but did not have the weapons. The Turkish military said later Wednesday the passage of jeeps was not related to the new agreement. It said the military had allowed 204 jeeps to cross the border since last month and that they did not contain weapons. Jeep = Hummers. That's handy, won't have to fly those in. Most likely trucks are OK too. Saves space on the airlift for stuff that goes boom. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-04-02 14:19:54 |
| #6 I thought $8.5 billion in loan guarantees was a lot for just overflight rights. Now I'm beginning to see what we paid for. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2003-04-02 13:13:12 |
| #5 this should make possible deployment of a heavy division (1st ID?) in the north. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-02 11:39:00 |
| #4 Check must have cleared. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-02 11:27:50 |
| #3 This should make Murat happy. Now the Turks are helping us commit "Genocide" against the Iraqi people. Those Turks just can't stand a "Genocide" happening that close to them with out getting a peace of the action. I wonder if Ali Bin-Murat Hussein will post articles acusing the Turds of "Genocide" too. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-04-02 10:06:18 |
| #2 There are signs that more & more entities over there are seeing the writing on the wall. Soon they will see the big picture. |
| Posted by: Rawsnacks 2003-04-02 09:59:25 |
| #1 More details: The United States reached agreement with Turkey today to upgrade Turkish support of American military actions in the war with Iraq by permitting use of Turkish territory to supply food, fuel and other necessities to American military forces operating in the northern Iraqi theater. Turkey also agreed formally for the first time to let American military planes in distress and American service personnel wounded in battle land in Turkish territory, although such help is reported to have occurred informally before now. Details relating to the exact nature of supplies for American forces in northern Iraq were withheld. It was unclear whether the supplies would include weapons, for instance. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-04-02 09:44:59 |